Chester D. Waldron

Company D 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/08/1944

Chester Dean Waldron was born in DeWitt, Clinton County, Illinois on August 22, 1925.

He listed his home of residence as Clinton, Illinois.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

He was assigned to Company D from the 4th Infantry Division
replacement pool on June 25, 1944.

Private Waldron was killed in action in France, during the fighting in the
hedgerow countryside of Normandy, on July 8, 1944.

Chester D. Waldron was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block P Row 7 Grave 132 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Section C Row 16 Grave 27

Grave marker for Chester D. Waldron

Photo by Frogman from the Find A Grave website

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